UDT 2019 | 13 - 15 May | ECA Group Naval robotic solutions

ECA Group will present on its booth its wide range of robotic - unmanned and remotely operated - systems dedicated to Naval Forces, and will also be part of the speakers during the conference set on May 14th, 4.00pm in theater 3.

ECA GROUP solutions presented at UDT 2019

For many years, ECA Group has been aiming at developing systems of robots optimized to successfully perform missions in the sector of Oceanography, Hydrography and Underwater Mine Counter Measures, while reducing human exposure to danger at sea.

Come & discover ECA Group's innovative naval drones solutions, as well as its new fully integrated Unmanned Mine Counter Measures Integrated System (UMIS) suite for Mine Warfare.

UMIS^TM is the unmanned MCM system developed by ECA Group, using a collaborative system of :

• air (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles  - UAVs),
• surface (Unmanned Surface Vehicles - USVs)
• and underwater robots (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - AUVs / Remotely Operated Vehicles - ROVs)

All these systems being integrated in the MCM command and control software UMISOFT^TM .

This unique system for MCM at sea reduces risks to the personnel, as the manned ship does not have enter into the minefield, and has also proven more efficient and cost-effective than traditional systems.

In March 2019, UMIS^TM was chosen by the Belgian & Netherlands Navies to replace their legacy MCMVs.

ECA GROUP conference at UDT 2019

Attend ECA Group conference at UDT 2019 on May 14^th at Stockholmassën, in Stockholm.  Let's talk about ECA Group's "UMIS – Unmanned Maritime Integrated System" for MCM missions at 4.00pm in Theatre 3.

Unmanned Mine Counter Measures Integrated System (UMIS^TM) will be discussed.

In the current generation of UMIS^TM, which is the one selected by the Belgian and Netherlands Navies, the detection and classification is  performed with sonars which are forward-deployed on AUVs or towed byUSVs.

The identification and disposal is performed by ROVs deployed from USVs. It is argued that in the future generation of UMIS^TM, the AUVs will also take over the identification task and that this will represent another step change in operational performance.